5th July 2012, 12:24 PM
Kel Wrote:My former employer used to love online CPD. We could do it at home in the evenings and weekends. And if we finally put our foot down and demanded to do it in work time as our contracts stated, then we could do it at our desks where we were still expected to answer our phone and email and could be easily interrupted whenever necessary (i.e. continuously). Never got lunchbreaks, so thankfully that minimised the impact on this aspect of my working life.
We actually had contracted hours of training per year. As it turned out, online CPD was a very efficient way of our employer claiming to provide it, without actually doing so and with minimal costs compared to proper day-release courses or intensive training away from the office. When we failed to complete our nominated courses, it was all our fault. Niiiice.
Sounds like normal practice...but you should ALWAYS take lunch breaks ...that is the law !